Five Ways to Observe Advent

The word Advent is Latin meaning ‘arrival’.  Advent is a season marked by waiting for God’s arrival.   It is a season of anticipation and hope that God will show up.  We mark this season by looking back at the prophets of old, considering their hope-filled foretelling...

A Call to Prayer

Dear brothers and sisters, I write these words with a heavy heart as I reflect on the images that came to us earlier today from our nation’s capital.  After some time in prayer and in Scripture, I want to share with you a couple of the things that God pressed upon my...

A Response

A response to the actions of the President in front of St. John’s Church On Monday, June 1, President Trump walked from the White House to a cleared Lafayette Square where he posed for pictures for the media at St. John’s Episcapal Church while holding a bible. This...

5 Practices When Facing Uncertainty

Five Practices Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.  -Jeremiah 33:3 We find ourselves in uncertain times.  This is true for us as individuals and also for us as a church.  Some things will return to the...